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Einführung in die Supersymmetrie / Introduction to Supersymmetry
Dates
- Mo, 09:45 - 11:15, 30.22 Physik-Hörsaal Nr. 4 (Kl. HS B)
- Mo, 13:00 - 13:45, 30.23 Seminarraum 2/1
News
- First lecture: Mo, 16.04.2018
- The crash course in Lie groups. QFT and SM will be finished next Monday (07.05.18). We will finally start after ~20-30mins with Supersymmetry
- Unfortunately, the lectures today (14.05.) are cancelled due to illness
Script
Introduction to Supersymmetry (last update: 07.07.2018)
If you find mistakes in the script, please send a mail to florian.staub@kit.edu
Outline
- Motivation
- Reminders:
- Lie Groups
- Quantum Field Theory: Field Equations & Lagrangian, gauge theories, spontaneous symmetry breaking
- Standard Model: gauge sector, Higgs sector, Yukawa sector, Electroweak symmetry breaking
- SUSY Formalities
- SUSY Transformations
- Chiral and Vector Superfields
- Superpotential and Lagrangian
- SUSY Breaking
- The MSSM
- Particle Content
- Superpotential
- Gauge Coupling Unification and GUT models
- Gauge and Mass Eigenstates
- Higgs sector
- Dark Matter
- Searches for Supersymmetry
- Collider searches
- Flavour observables
- Non-minimal SUSY models (if there is time…)
Possible topics for seminar talks
- bilinear R-parity violation
- Gauge Mediated Supersymmetry breaking
- Dirac Gauginos
- The Gravitino
- Vacuum Stability in the MSSM
Literature
- Basics: Quantum Field Theory and Standard Model
- Michio Kaku:
Quantum field theory – A modern introduction
- Michael E. Peskin, Daniel V. Schroeder :
An Introduction To Quantum Field Theory
- Okun Lev Borisovich:
Leptons And Quarks
- Supersymmetry
- Stephen P. Martin:
A Supersymmetry Primer
, https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9709356 - Manuel Drees, Rohini Godbole, Probir Roy:
Theory And Phenomenology Of Sparticles